The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-26
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY JUNE 1ss7TWEIyE PAGES.

ing. On Wednesday night matters came 20
a mead when four masked men went 20
Raiiif Davis. who had charge OF zhe prlS-
oner, and made demand for him They
showed a revolver IL c.oSe PROXIMITY 70
DaviS's nose snd he weakened. The men
took the hoy into the woods near by, and
produCiug hsSVN ropes and raw hides, pro
caNieSi 10 give him a severn heating, Lovett
said u reporter; They beat me uu~
merclfullv. / thought ] would die
right there. Then tf0v began fastening
a rope around my meek and said they
we've going 10 hang me, Just IS they had
gos the nooSe fixed soZsle0NSv was heard APP
pvuScAiny, The men we've afraid of being
sent "a jall for interfering with an officer
and they inside me promise 70 keep my
mouth smut ami turned me lose on co.ldi-
t:0p that I wSslld Net oSss % she SSa1e- /
SneA&e3 through thu wyNsiS rs fast IS /
knew how, fe,scA my father, and here we
are" The hoy protested his Innocence o;
the charge aSSsaSs hsui, claiming thar he
w,l fsAve To ;Soa6se IN establishing an alihi
II glSeu jssSssco. lie Is Vsrv poor, as is his
WoUks-Ne lyssc,se-S and ',,git oUs OF the
S.ats,N hsss i they 30 they vii have 20 so
most ~ the WAY N FOOT. They left Atlanta
THURSDAY night, oT rather expected 70 do 50,
Oh thar way ~ Alabama,
The Atlanta Gas Light Company has Just
tSSsD Scsso1a thar Is surprise TO the public
few weeks ago TIRE City Council author
iso3 S6e Finance Committee tn sell i, 100
shares 81 gas stock, OF a sss.siciency to
reSllHe $4,000. for the purpose of building
high school Ii was estimated that this
S,lNoss,3t of stock was about sufficient to
TeaiEEe the needed sum This action was
bitterly opposed by Mr. Mecaslin, the Secre-
tSrv and Treasurer of the gas company, who
Is aasa an Alderman. 1t has been the policy
q the gas company to oppose any action
al the Council -looking toward the
sale Of any Of the city's stock in the COM
p2ny. A few days ago the company de-
claret a stock dividend of 50 per cent. and
a cash dividend of per cent. 1t has been
claimed that the company was not making
excessive profits. Indeed, with gas down to
ST a thousand. it was said it could barely
earn dividend on its present sock. The
Issue % 50per cent additional stock therefore
excited comment A member of the Coun-
ell said: alt looks like it was flank move
ment TO 6efeSt the purpose of the City
Council. Under the resolution, not more
than l. 100 shares of the stock can be sold
With the capital increased by so per cent
l.lGa shares viii not bring S25. 900. and the
general impression of the Council is that
the company has taken this method
to defeat, or at least to postpone,
in appropriating so much of the stock for
the erection of a high school building. 1t
is true, said Mr. Mecaslin when asked con
corning the stock dividend. that at the
company's meeting On last Monday we made
the issue of stock spoken of. We did it be
cause we had spent upon Improvements
about the works fully as much as the divi-
dend amounted to, and probably more too
That money belonged to the stockholders
and we gave il back 20 them in stock. The
idea that this was done to thwart, if possible,
the sale of the city's gas stock for high
see what possible connection the gas COM
panv has with the common schools, and that
subject was not mentioned at our meeting. F"